1973 Robyn Smith becomes the first woman jockey to win a stakes race when she rides North Sea to victory in the Paumonok Handicap at Aqueduct Race Track in New York.

1983 Tamara McKinney becomes the first American woman skier to win the overall World Cup championship.

1986 Billy Cunningham, Tom Heinsohn and Red Holzman are named to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

1988 Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers becomes the NHL s all-time assist leader, breaking the longtime mark of Gordie Howe. In his ninth season, Gretzky picked up assist No. 1,050 in a game against the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky takes 681 games to surpass the record that took Howe 1,767 games to set.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MEN

Mid-American Conference

East

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Akron 11 3 .786 22 6 .786

Kent St. 11 3 .786 19 9 .679

Miami 10 4 .714 15 12 .556

Ohio 8 6 .571 17 11 .607

Buffalo 3 11 .214 11 17 .393

BGSU 2 12 .143 12 16 .429

West

Toledo 12 2 .857 16 11 .593

W. Michigan 7 7 .500 13 15 .464

C. Michigan 7 7 .500 12 15 .444

E. Michigan 5 9 .357 11 17 .393

Ball St. 5 9 .357 9 19 .321

N. Illinois 3 11 .214 6 21 .222

TONIGHT

Ball St. at Toledo, 7

Kent St. at Bowling Green, 7

Akron at Buffalo, 7

E. Michigan at Cent. Michigan, 7

Miami at Ohio, 7

N. Illinois at W. Michigan, 7

SUNDAY

Miami at Bowling Green, 2

Cent. Michigan at Toledo, 2

W. Michigan at Ball St., 2

E. Michigan at N. Illinois, 3

Akron at Kent St., 7:30

Ohio at Buffalo, 6

Big Ten

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Ohio St. 14 1 .933 26 3 .897

Wisconsin 12 3 .800 26 4 .867

Illinois 9 6 .600 21 9 .700

Indiana 9 6 .600 19 9 .679

Michigan St. 8 7 .533 21 9 .700

Michigan 8 7 .533 20 10 .667

Purdue 8 7 .533 19 10 .655

Iowa 8 7 .533 16 13 .552

Minnesota 3 13 .187 9 21 .300

Northwestern 2 13 .133 13 16 .448

Penn St. 2 13 .133 11 17 .393

LAST NIGHT

Penn State 74, Iowa 72

Indiana 69, Northwestern 65

Purdue 66, Minnesota 47

SATURDAY

Ohio St. at Michigan, 4

Illinois at Iowa, Noon

Michigan St. at Wisconsin, Noon

Northwestern at Purdue, 2:17

Penn St. at Indiana, 8

National

LAST NIGHT

EAST

Dayton 73, Temple 65

Fordham 91, St. Bonaventure 60

Massachusetts 102, La Salle 63

Villanova 78, Connecticut 74

SOUTH

Alabama 69, Mississippi 58

Auburn 80, LSU 68

Bethune-Cookman 52, Morgan St. 50

Clemson 74, Miami 70, OT

Delaware St. 62, N. Carolina A&T 53

Florida A&M 73, Coppin St. 59

Hampton 71, Md.-Eastern Shore 58

Kentucky 82, Georgia 70

Kentucky St. 101, Tuskegee 85

Marshall 69, Rice 64

Maryland 85, Duke 77

N.C. State 73, Wake Forest 66

Norfolk St. 69, Howard 68

Providence 77, South Florida 72

Southern Miss. 76, UAB 68

Tulane 88, East Carolina 72

UCF 75, Houston 72, OT

Vanderbilt 99, South Carolina 90, OT

MIDWEST

Cincinnati 70, Seton Hall 67, OT

Iowa St. 69, Nebraska 63

McKendree 72, Harris-Stowe 68

Missouri 91, Colorado 82

Saint Louis 78, Richmond 68

Xavier 72, Saint Joseph s 62

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas 67, Mississippi St. 58

TCU 77, Wyoming 58

Texas Tech 85, Baylor 74

Tulsa 67, SMU 60

TOURNAMENT

Patriot League

First Round

American U. 59, Colgate 44

Army 47, Lehigh 46

Bucknell 62, Navy 43

Holy Cross 83, Lafayette 53

Southern Conference

First Round

Chattanooga 64, Wofford 55

Georgia Southern 62, The Citadel 46

W. Carolina 69, Elon 65

Sun Belt Conference

First Round

Florida Atlantic 91, Fla. International 88, OT

Louisiana-Monroe 83, Denver 67

Middle Tennessee 72, Troy 64

New Orleans 77, Ark.-Little Rock 70

North Texas 93, Louisiana-Lafayette 78

WOMEN

Mid-American Conference

East

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Bowling Green 15 1 .937 26 3 .897

Kent 11 5 .687 15 12 .556

Ohio 10 6 .625 17 11 .607

Miami 6 10 .375 12 17 .414

Buffalo 5 11 .312 10 18 .357

Akron 3 14 .176 10 19 .345

West

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Ball St. 13 3 .812 22 5 .815

E. Michigan 10 6 .625 15 12 .556

N. Illinois 8 8 .500 17 11 .607

W. Michigan 6 10 .375 13 17 .433

Toledo 6 10 .375 10 18 .357

C. Michigan 3 13 .187 11 18 .379

LAST NIGHT

Toledo 74, W. Michigan 66

Bowling Green 92, Miami 62

Ohio 77, Akron 68

Kent St. 62, Buffalo 47

E. Michigan 57, Cent. Michigan 50

Ball St. 81, N. Illinois 70

SUNDAY

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

At Cleveland

First Round

No. 4 East vs. No. 5 West, 1

No. 3 West vs. No. 6 East, 3:30

No. 4 West vs. No. 5 East, 6

No. 3 East vs. No. 6 West, 8:30

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

New Jersey 40 18 6 86 171 149

Pittsburgh 33 20 9 75 211 194

N.Y. Islanders 32 23 8 72 189 179

N.Y. Rangers 30 27 6 66 184 178

Philadelphia 16 37 10 42 166 241

Northeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Buffalo 42 16 5 89 240 183

Ottawa 38 22 4 80 221 173

Montreal 33 27 6 72 191 200

Toronto 30 25 9 69 203 211

Boston 30 28 4 64 180 224

Southeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 36 25 4 76 207 198

Atlanta 32 23 10 74 196 206

Carolina 32 27 7 71 195 204

Florida 25 26 13 63 186 207

Washington 24 29 11 59 193 225

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Nashville 42 18 4 88 219 164

Detroit 40 16 8 88 199 156

St. Louis 27 27 9 63 164 191

Chicago 23 31 9 55 155 190

Columbus 24 33 7 55 158 200

Northwest Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 36 22 5 77 165 159

Minnesota 35 23 5 75 181 161

Calgary 33 21 9 75 205 171

Edmonton 30 28 6 66 172 185

Colorado 30 29 5 65 208 207

Pacific Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 37 17 10 84 204 167

Dallas 38 21 3 79 167 147

San Jose 38 24 1 77 189 162

Phoenix 27 33 3 57 168 214

Los Angeles 21 32 10 52 178 219

Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

Woodmore will host a MEMORIAL DAY BASEBALL TOURNAMENT May 23-28 for 12U and 14U teams. Call Mike Sorg at 419-836-9826 for details.

Perkins High School in Sandusky is hosting NW Ohio s largest GIRLS GYMNASTICS INVITATIONAL March 2-4. Over 525 athletes will be competing. Competition both days run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more details call 419-335-2132.

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